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14 April, Lyon: Solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza

Saturday, 14 April
3:00 pm
Place de la Republique
Lyon, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/237971803440774/

In response to Israel’s latest massacre in Gaza: Demand concrete sanctions from the government.

Neither the wave of emotion expressed after the 30 March slaughter in Gaza, nor the condemnation of these crimes had the slightest effect on the behavior of the Israeli occupation army.

It once again committed these crimes Friday, April 6, killing 10, including Yaser Murtaja, a prominently identified journalist, and wounding 1400, more than half by live ammunition.

The international community is gesturing and its requests for independent inquiry are facing the categorical refusal of Israel and the United States. Is it necessary to investigate the crimes that are taking place before our eyes? Two million Palestinians living in a ghetto threaten the security of one of the strongest armies in the world?

We demand from France and Europe that they stop these pointless verbal condemnations and immediately commit to concrete sanctions.

Not doing so is complicity with future crimes.

– France must stop all military-police cooperation with Israel and impose an arms embargo.

– It must work immediately for the suspension of the Israel-EU Association Agreement whose terms are violated by Israel.

– The ICC (International Criminal Court) must finish with its preliminary examination for war crimes, which has been going on for almost 3 years, and bring those responsible to this jurisdiction. Each party concerned must do everything in this respect.

– We urge all conscientious people to join the international and non-violent BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) campaign

– The criminal and illegal blockade of Gaza must be broken, we must force Israel to respect international law, including UN resolution 194 on the right of return.

13 April, Angers: Rally in Solidarity with Gaza

Friday, 13 April
6:00 pm
Rues Saint-Aubin and Saint-Martin
Angers, France
More info: http://www.france-palestine.org/Rassemblement-de-soutien-a-Gaza-33087

We demonstrate against the Israeli massacres in Gaza and for sanctions on Israel.

14 April, Nimes: Rally in Solidarity with Gaza!

Saturday, 14 April
2:00 pm
Esplanade Charles De Gaulle
Nimes, France
More info: http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article14149

In soidarity with the Palestinian people, against the arbitrary detention of Ahed Tamimi, Salah Hamouri and more than 6,300 Palestinian prisoners, against the violations of the right of movement, the violations of international law and the barbaric actions of the occupation army against unarmed Palestinians in Gaza, against the international community’s silence, we will protest!

We salute the resistance of the Palestinian people and we call on all to support the BDS call of the Palestinians to confront occupation and colonization.

En soutien au peuple palestinien, contre les détentions arbitraires d’Ahed Tamimi, de Salah Hamouri ainsi que des 6300 prisonniers palestiniens, contre les entraves à la liberté de circulation, le non respect du droit international et la barbarie de l’armée d’occupation et de ses attaques sur les Gazaouis désarmés, contre le silence glacial de la communauté internationale, nous vous invitons à nous rejoindre :

ce samedi 14 avril à Nîmes esplanade Charles De Gaulle de 14 à 18 h.

Pour saluer la résistance du peuple palestinien et pour discuter ensemble de notre réponse à l’appel BDS des Palestiniens confrontés à une occupation et une colonisation sanguiniires, soyons nombreux !

15 April, Oakland: End the Wars at Home and Abroad Spring Action

Sunday, 15 April
11:00 am
Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Lake Merritt Blvd
Oakland, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/187473998692994/

Join us to rally and march to end wars at home and abroad.
Gather at 11 AM at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Rally at 11:30 AM
March to Oscar Grant Plaza at 12:30 PM
Rally at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, 14th and Broadway at 1:30 PM
Speakers and program TBD

– End U.S. overt and covert wars, drone wars, sanction/embargo wars, and death squad assassination wars.

— Close all U.S. bases on foreign soil. Dismantle all nuclear weapons.

— Bring all U.S. troops home now. Self-determination not military intervention. U.S. hands off the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. End U.S. aid to apartheid Israel. Self-determination for Palestine. The U.S. cannot be the cop of the world.

– $Trillions for human needs. For jobs and social services, quality debt-free education and single payer health care. No to anti-union legislation. For $15 and a Union Now.

– Defend the environment against life-threatening fossil fuel-induced global warming. For a rapid transition to a 100 percent clean, sustainable energy system and retraining and jobs at union wages for all displaced energy workers.

— No to white supremacy and racist policies and actions against Muslims, immigrants, people of color, and indigenous peoples. No to police brutality/murder. End racist mass incarceration. Black Lives Matter!

— No human being is illegal. No to deportations. Yes to DACA and TPS (Temporary Protective Status) and a just and early path to citizenship. No ban, no wall!

– No to sexism, sexual violence, and harassment and targeting of LGBTQI communities. Yes to equal work and pay. Support women’s reproductive rights.

The U.S. government and its leading Pentagon generals openly and repeatedly threaten nuclear war or massive military intervention against sovereign nations. Such is the case today with North Korea, Iran and Venezuela. Simultaneously, U.S. military forces are at war in several nations including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. Haiti and Honduras also face covert and ongoing U.S. intervention.

More than 800 U.S. military bases circle the globe in more than 170 countries at the cost of $trillions, while these same $trillions are subtracted from critical social programs at home. $Trillions in tax cuts and corporate bailouts are granted to the super rich while the war at home takes on virulent racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, Islamophobic and homophobic forms.

28 April, Montreal: Solidarity Rally for Gaza- Rassemblement de solidarité pour Gaza

Saturday, 28 April
12:00 pm
Jardins Gamelin
1500 rue Berri
Montreal, Quebec
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1637467906349068/

On Friday, March 30 2018, the Israeli Defense Forces brutally murdered 19 Palestinians and wounded more than 1,400 in Gaza during a peaceful demonstration, the March of Return, which includes rallies and camp-ins planned to last for six weeks between land day and Nakba at the Israel-Gaza border to demand the right of return (al-awda) of Palestinians expelled from their land or fled in the war that followed the creation of Israel on May 14, 1948.

On Friday, April 6, 2018, 7 Palestinians were killed and more than 400 wounded during protests near the Gaza-Israel border, of which a Palestinian journalist was killed in the exercise of his job.

The Israeli occupation regime, colonialism and apartheid must be ended by supporting Palestinian popular resistance and strengthening the international BDS movement until Israel complies with international law and respects human rights.

People accros the world have been demonstrating their solidarity with the Gaza March of return. Time for Montreal to show their support too.
Come and show your support to the Palestinian people at a rally at the Émile-Gamelin Park near metro-berri uqam.
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Le vendredi 30 mars 2018, les forces de défense israéliennes ont brutalement assassiné 19 Palestinien.ne.s et en ont blessé plus de 1 400 à Gaza au cours d’une manifestation pacifique, la marche du retour, qui prévoit des rassemblements et campements durant six semaines à la frontière Israël-Gaza pour réclamer le droit au retour (al-awda) des Palestinien.e.s chassé.e.s de leurs terres ou ayant fui lors de la guerre qui a suivi la création d’Israël le 14 mai 1948.

Le vendredi 6 avril 2018, 7 Palestinien.ne.s ont été tué.e.s et plus de 400 blessé.e.s lors de protestations près de la frontière entre Gaza et Israël, dont un journaliste palestinien, mort dans l’exercice de son métier.

Il est temps de mettre fin au régime d’occupation, au colonialisme et à l’apartheid israélien en soutenant la résistance populaire palestinienne et en renforçant le mouvement international BDS, jusqu’à ce qu’Israël se conforme au droit international et respecte les droits humains.

Venez manifester votre soutien au peuple palestinien lors d’un rassemblement au parc Émile-gamelin proche du métro-berri uqam.

14 April, Montpellier: Stop the massacres of Palestinian civilians in Gaza!

Saturday, 14 April
2:30 pm
Place de la Comedie
Montpellier, France

In solidarity with the Great March of Return, a small march for Gaza to honor the 20 killed and 1400 injured on 30 March and the 10 killed and 800 wounded on 6 April by the Israeli occupation army.

14 April, San Francisco: Transnational Great Return March – Bay Area

Saturday, 14 April
3:00 pm
899 Market St
San Francisco, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/783399885199486/

International call to action in support of The Great Return March!

We are calling our community and allies to take action and launch demonstrations in support of the Great Return March on April 14th, just as the righteous resisters in Gaza have declared. The time has come for our youth wherever they may be to raise their voices in support of the rightful struggle of our people in Gaza, and for our youth in diaspora to proclaim we will never surrender the right of return. Now more than ever when we seem the most divided, we must come together in collectively asserting our right to return and our dream of the total liberation of our people and homeland. There will be no solution without the total end of the Zionist colonization of Palestine–return is our right, and demand: we will return! Palestine will be free!

We will meet at 3 pm on Saturday, April 14th at the intersection Powell St & Market St. Please share this event widely.

14 April, Jacksonville: We will return! #GreatMarchOfReturn

Saturday, 14 April
2:00 pm
Duval County Court House
Jacksonville, FL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1604552769640328/

Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network and the Jacksonville Community Action Committee are joining the international day of action demanding the right of return for all Palestinians. Join us at 2 PM on Saturday in front of the Duval County Courthouse!

Call to action:

International call to action in support of The Great Return March!
We are calling our community and allies to take action and launch demonstrations in support of the Great Return March on April 14th up until May 15th, just as the righteous resisters in Gaza have declared. The time has come for our youth wherever they may be to raise their voices in support of the rightful struggle of our people in Gaza, and for our youth in diaspora to proclaim we will never surrender the right of return. Now more than ever when we seem the most divided, we must come together in collectively asserting our right to return and our dream of the total liberation of our people and homeland. There will be no solution without the total end of the Zionist colonization of Palestine–return is our right, and demand: we will return! Palestine will be free!

Please email us if you wish to launch and action at pal.youth.transnational@gmail.com
دعوة دولية لدعم مسيرة العودة الكبرى!
نحن ندعو الشعب الفلسطيني والعربي وحلفائنا إلى إطلاق مظاهرات لدعم مسيرة العودة الكبرى في 14 أبريل ، تمامًا كما أعلنت المقاومة في غزة. لقد حان الوقت لشبابنا أينما كانوا لرفع أصواتهم دعما للنضال الشرعي لشعبنا في غزة ، ولشبابنا في الشتات ليعلنوا أننا لن نسلم ونتنازل أبدا عن حق العودة. الآن أكثر من أي وقت مضى عندما يبدو أننا الأكثر انقسامًا ، يجب أن نتحد ونأكد تأكيد جماعي على حقنا في العودة وحلمنا بالتحرير الكامل لشعبنا ووطننا. لن يكون هناك حل بدون النهاية الكاملة للاستعمار الصهيوني لفلسطين!

¡Llamada a acción internacional en apoyo de La gran marcha de retorno!
Estamos llamando a nuestra comunidad y aliados para que tomen acción y lancen manifestaciones en apoyo de la Marcha del Gran Retorno del 14 de abril hasta el 15 de mayo, tal como lo declararon los virtuosos resistentes en Gaza. Ha llegado el momento de que nuestros jóvenes, dondequiera que estén, alcen sus voces para apoyar la lucha digna de nuestro pueblo en Gaza, y para que nuestros jóvenes en diáspora proclamen que nunca renunciaremos el derecho a regresar. Ahora más que nunca, cuando aparentamos más divididos, debemos unirnos para afirmar colectivamente nuestro derecho a regresar y nuestro sueño de la liberación total de nuestro pueblo y nuestra tierra natal. No habrá solución sin el final total de la colonización sionista de Palestina–el regreso es nuestro derecho y exigimos: ¡Volveremos! ¡Palestina será libre!

Envíenos un correo electrónico si desea iniciar una acción al pal.youth.transnational@gmail.com

15 April, New York City: End US Wars at Home and Abroad!

Sunday, 15 April
2:00 pm
Herald Square
34th St and 6th Avenue
March to Trump Tower
New York City
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2089893391248150/

More info: https://www.springaction2018.org/

U.S. Hands off Syria! Stop the massacres in Gaza!
Trump and Big Oil want a new war in the Middle East.

Already tens of thousands have died in U.S. effort to overturn the government. A U.S. attack on Syria could lead to World War III against Russia and China.

At the same time Israel has killed at least 30 Palestinians in Gaza, including children, and wounded thousands.

U.S. Out of the Middle East!
End U.S. Aid to Israel!
Solidarity with Gaza!

We Are United:

Oppose all U.S. wars, nuclear threats, sanctions, coups and bases

Fund Human Needs, Not Endless Wars

Solidarity with oppressed peoples under attack at home and oppressed people all around the world

13 April, Padova: Rally in solidarity with Palestine

Friday, 13 April
5:00 pm
Piazza Antenore
Padova, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/183713062259074/

Stop the massacre of the Palestinian people!
Stop the occupation of Palestine!

The Great Return March, the Palestinian popular mobilization that started on 30 March and will continue until 15 May, has already been marked with blood by the Zionist occupation of Palestine attacking the right to return of all Palestinian refugees.

This peaceful march was met by the Zionist military with snipers, bullets and tear gas in the Gaza Strip, an open-air prison in which Palestinians have been under siege for 11 years. 30 Palestinians have been killed and over 2500 injured.

15 May 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the declared foundation of the Israeli state, and of the Nakba, the catastrophe of the Palestinian people which has since then lived the experience of exile, theft of their land and Zionist apartheid.

This anniversary will be celebrated with great pomp by the transfer of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem following Trump’s recognition of it as the capital of Israel. This theft of Palestine’s historical capital and denying the Right to Return of the refugees in exile is another step in the Zionist colonial project, endorsing the ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. This shameful action attempts to legitimize the Israeli colonization project, the settlement of Palestine, and conceal the daily Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. Amid international silence, Israel implements policies to enlarge colonial settlements, expropriate land and water, prevent the production of goods, block the free movement of people and goods with roadblocks and walls, arrest and detain in prison adults and children, demolish homes and murder those who resist the violence of the occupation. The colonizers call these crimes “the right to defend themselves” but in practice they represent “the right to occupy” and “the right to exterminate.”

The struggle of the Palestinian people against Zionism and for the liberation of their land is, therefore, a struggle against racism, colonialism and crimes against humanity, and it is a beacon for all oppressed peoples. Our solidarity with the Palestinian people leads us to denounce the economic, academic and military ties between the Italian and Israeli states. This will be marked this year with the launching of the Giro d’Italia cycle race from Israel. In fact, RCS and the organizers, on the mandate of Italian politics, have transformed a sporting event that should be a symbol of peace and brotherhood into a showcase of propaganda for the Zionist state to clean its hands of Palestinian blood before international public opinion.

Solidarity with the Palestinian people includes denouncing the interests that bind the Italian government to the Israeli one and therefore today we must mobilize on the occasion of the Giro d’Italia scheduled in Veneto to raise our solidarity with the Palestinian people and our opposition to the logics of war that unite the Italian and Israeli governments.

With the Palestinian people! Free Palestine! No to the start of the Giro d’Italia from Israel!

BASTA CON IL MASSACRO DEL POPOLO PALESTINESE
BASTA CON L’OCCUPAZIONE DELLA PALESTINA

E’ già macchiata di sangue la Marcia del Ritorno, la mobilitazione del Popolo Palestinese cominciata il 30 Marzo, Giornata della Terra, e che continuerà fino al 15 Maggio per chiedere la fine dell’occupazione sionista della Palestina e il Diritto al Ritorno di tutti i profughi palestinesi.
Una marcia pacifica a cui i militari sionisti hanno risposto con cecchini, pallottole e lacrimogeni: nella striscia di Gaza, un lager in cui i palestinesi vivono sotto assedio da 11 anni, sono stati uccisi 30 palestinesi e supera i 2500 il numero dei feriti.

Il 15 Maggio 2018 cade il 70° anniversario dalla fondazione unilaterale dello Stato di Israele, della Nakba, la catastrofe del Popolo Palestinese, che da allora vive l’esperienza dell’esilio, del furto della propria terra e dell’apartheid sionista.

Anniversario che verrà celebrato in pompa magna con il trasferimento dell’ambasciata statunitense da Tel Aviv a Gerusalemme in seguito al riconoscimento di Trump di quest’ultima come capitale di Israele. Questo, rubando ai palestinesi la loro capitale storica e negando il Diritto al Ritorno dei profughi in esilio, segna un passo avanti storico nel progetto sionista di colonizzazione e avvalla la pulizia etnica, in atto, del Popolo Palestinese. Questa scelta vergognosa legittima di fatto il progetto israeliano di colonizzazione/insediamento della Palestina e occulta i crimini che Israele quotidianamente commette contro la popolazione Palestinese. Nel silenzio dell’informazione internazionale, Israele attua politiche di ampliamento di colonie, espropria acqua e terra, impedisce la produzione di beni, il libero movimento delle persone e delle cose con blocchi e muri, arresta e trattiene in carcere, senza motivo, bambini e adulti, demolisce case e assassina chi si vuole opporre alle violenze dell’occupazione. Crimini che i colonizzatori chiamano “diritto a difendersi” mentre nella pratica si traducono nel “diritto ad occupare” e nel “diritto di sterminio”.

La lotta del Popolo Palestinese contro il sionismo e per la liberazione della loro terra è quindi una lotta contro il razzismo, il colonialismo e i crimini contro l’umanità e rappresenta un faro per tutti i popoli oppressi. La nostra solidarietà con il Popolo Palestinese ci porta a denunciare i legami che intercorrono tra lo Stato italiano e quello israeliano, fatti di accordi economici, accademici, militari. Interessi che quest’anno verranno celebrati con la partenza del Giro d’Italia da Israele. Infatti, RCS e gli altri organizzatori, su mandato della politica italiana, hanno trasformato una manifestazione sportiva, che dovrebbe essere simbolo di pace e fratellanza, in una vetrina di propaganda per lo Stato sionista per ripulirne le mani sporche di sangue palestinese di fronte all’opinione pubblica internazionale.

La solidarietà con il Popolo Palestinese passa per la denuncia degli interessi che legano il nostro governo con quello israeliano e quindi oggi significa mobilitarsi in occasione della tappa del Giro d’Italia prevista in Veneto portando i contenuti della solidarietà con il Popolo Palestinese e la contrarietà alle logiche di guerra che uniscono il governo italiano a quello israeliano

A fianco del popolo palestinese!
Palestina Libera!
No alla partenza del Giro d’Italia da Israele!

Comitato del Nord-Est Freniamo le ruote dell’occupazione!